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HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
The asset manager has successfully closed its Health Care and Life Sciences Unlisted real estate fund (UHF) after receiving more than $1 billion, including from major global pension funds. The group said it secured $640 million of equity commitments ...

Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Australia's largest investment consultancy, JANA has added two new independent directors to the board. Margie Seale brings a wealth of board experience from the corporate and financial services sector. She currently serves as a non-executive director ...

HUB24 unit Class hires ops manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
Class - the SMSF administration technology firm owned by HUB24 - has appointed Kate Anderson as general manager of operations. Anderson joins from Centrepoint Alliance, where she served as group executive, advice services and solutions. Here, she oversaw ...

CareSuper, Spirit Super mandate Iress ahead of merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
CareSuper and Spirit Super have selected Iress to lay the technological foundation for their merger. With the administration function to be in-house, the merged superannuation fund will use Iress' Acurity Registry platform and Acurity Online portal. ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
HESTA has delivered a 9.59% return for its balanced growth investment option. The balanced growth investment option, which most of the industry fund's one million members are invested in, was buoyed by strong equity market performance, bolstered by ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
A veteran of the Australian financial services sector, Michael Harrison is being remembered as a teacher, mentor, and unrelenting advocate for risk advisers after he passed away on Sunday morning, aged 78. Harrison enjoyed a varied and colourful career. ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
ASIC will tighten its scrutiny of greenwashing as part of the Labor government's crackdown on protecting investors against investment scams and other misconduct from product issuers. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers bolstered ASIC enforcement activity ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
JPMorgan Chase, PNC Financial Services Group, and Citizens Financial Group are said to be among those to toss their name in the ring to take over the embattled First Republic Bank. US regulators are rushing to sell First Republic and prevent yet another ...

Government housing measures progress

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
The legislations to create the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund that will deliver 30,000 affordable homes has passed. Minister for Housing, Julie Collins confirmed the legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social ...